Adjustable height waist and leg band for knitted or woven garments



Feb. 23, 1954 s 2,669,726

ADJUSTABLE HEIGHT WAIST AND LEG BAND FOR KNITTED OR WOVEN GARMENTS FiledFeb. 10, 1951 HSELVAGE INVENTOR. [0.4) jVZI/JIZ Patented Feb. 23, 1954OFFICE ADJUSTABLE HEIGHT WAIS'1 AND LEG BAND FOR KNITTED OR WOVEN GAR-MENTS LouisMeisel, White Plains, N. Y.

Application February 10, 1951, Serial No. 210,307

1 Claim. i

This invention relates to adjustable height waist and leg bands forknitted or woven skirts, bathing trunks and other garments.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an adjustable heightwaist or leg band for knitted or woven garments whereby the band can becut or severed for a different height and wherein there is provided inthe band openings for the elastic at the dififerent elevations andwhereby the band can be severed without effecting or fraying the upperedge of the band.

Other objects of the invention are to provide an adjustable height waistband having a plurality of bands knitted one above the other and closedat their upper edges in such a manner that as one band is removed by theremoval of the connecting knitted courses, the other band will beprovided with a closed and full upper selvage.

Other objects of the invention are to provide an adjustable height waistband construction which is simple, inexpensive to manufacture, easy toadjust, has a pleasing appearance on the garment, can be out withoutopening the bands lying below the cut, compact and efficient in use.

For other objects and for a better understanding of the invention,reference may be had to the following detailed description taken inconnection with the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is aperspective view of a skirt formed of knitted or woven material andhaving the band embodying the features of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig.1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken through a portion of the bandto show the stitching of the same and the connection of the bands withone another.

Fig. 4 is a plan view showing the manner in which the connecting threadof the bands passes through the band material.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view illustrating the manner in which the bandsare cut to sever the bands.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary and sectional view, in perspective,showing the several bands and with the elastic lying in one of thebands.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a bathing trunk having leg bandsconstructed according to the present invention.

Referring now to the figures, I ll represents a skirt formed of knittedor woven material and which has the adjustable height band constructionH on its upper part. This adjustable band 61 comprises a plurality oftwo ply back to back jersey elements [2, I3 and It connected together byand stitches. The band elements are closed at their upper ends, asindicated at It, and the knitted courses 15 connects open bottom ends ofthe band elements to the closed upper edge 16 of each band element. Thewaist band may be made to have any number of band elements.

Each band element is connected to the preceding one by means of either aself yarn or by a yarn of a character more suitable to be used as adraw-thread I 5. When the draw-thread i5 is removed, a closed selvage I6is provided.

If desired, as shown in Fig. 3, the outside of the band may be knittedof the same yarn of which the garment is knitted, While the inside ofthe band may be knitted of a yarn of a character more suitable for itspurpose.

The ends of the strips which provide the opening 19 are knitted so as toprovide selvages.

Each of the elements is adapted to receive an elastic member I8. Thiselastic can be extended through the band elements through an opening ['9on the inner side of the band elements. The main body of the skirt isconnected to the bottom band element l2 by a stitching 2|, as shown moreclearly in Fig. 6.

As shown in Fig. 5, the band elements can be separated from one anotherby the cutting of an intermediate band element between the connectingcourses. By further unraveling the knitted courses the entire cut bandelement can be removed.

It will accordingly be apparent that the band can be had upon the skirtat the desired height. The elastic I8 can be placed in any one of theband elements and the upper band element can be removed or left inplace, as may be desired.

In Fig. '7, there is shown a bathing trunk 22 having belt straps 23 atthe upper end and an adjustable band structure 24 at the lower end ofeach leg. This band structure 24 is made up of band elements 25, 25 and21 knitted together by courses 28 and to the main body of the bathingtrunk by a stitching 29. The several band elements on the leg of thebathing trunk can be severed in the same manner as above described. Thedraw threads can be removed or, if desired, the intermediate bandelement can be cut with scissors and the remaining portions of that bandelement removed by the unraveling of the knitted courses and discarded.

While various changes may be made in the detail construction, it shallbe understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope ofthe present invention as defined by the appended claim.

Having thus set forth and disclosed the nature of my invention, what isclaimed is:

An adjustable height band construction for garments comprising aplurality of double-ply channel bands vertically positioned one abovethe other and each being adapted to receive an elastic cord, and a maingarment portion connected to the lowermost of the said bands, each ofthe said bands being made of an integrally knitted strip foldedintermediate its edges to provide a closed finished top edge, thelowermost edges of each of the said bands being secured to the topfinished edge of the said band beneath it by means of an easilyremovable draw thread, whereby when the said draw thread is removed aclosed selvage is provided, at least one or the 4 said bands receivingan elastic cord, and the outside of the said bands being knitted of thesame yarn of which the garment is made and the inside of the said bandsbeing knitted of a difierent yarn.

LOUIS MEISEL.

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